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            <MadCap:keyword term="host name" />Host Name or IP Address (definition)</h1>
        <p>Every system (computer) on the Internet has an official host name and 
 Internet (IP) address. In order to connect to an FTP site, you must find 
 out the official name or address of the site. <span style="color: #000000;">For example, a system might have a host name of </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #000000;">superserv.ipswitch.com</span></span><span style="color: #000000;"> and an IP address of 123.124.125.126. 
 In WS_FTP, you can use </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #000000;">either</span></span><span style="color: #000000;"> the host name </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #000000;">or</span></span><span style="color: #000000;"> the IP address to specify a particular FTP site.</span></p>
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                <p class="Topic-Text-Bulleted">For most 
 large, well-known companies, their FTP sites are named "ftp.<span style="font-style: italic;">companyname</span>.com" (e.g. ftp.microsoft.com, 
 ftp.adobe.com, and ftp.aol.com)</p>
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                <p class="Topic-Text-Bulleted">To get 
 the name or address of a popular FTP site, use a search engine such as 
 Lycos.com or Yahoo.com to search for the name. Or, try replacing the "www" 
 portion of the organization's URL with "ftp", for example replace 
 www.ipswitch.com with ftp.ipswitch.com. Or simply call the company and 
 ask for the name of their FTP site.</p>
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                <p class="Topic-Text-Bulleted" style="margin-bottom: 0;">If 
 you want to connect to an FTP site maintained by your Internet Service 
 Provider (ISP), your ISP will provide you with an FTP name or address 
 that looks something like: ftp.ipswitch.com or 156.22.3.1. </p>
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